Thursday, September 19, 2024

Jazz West Coast Reader. Volume 1- Paperback and eBook

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The first volume of the Jazz West Coast Reader is now available as a paperback and an eBook exclusively on Amazon.com.


My thanks to all of the paid subscribers to cerra.substack.com who helped subsidize the research costs and the preparation time necessary to write the annotations for each chapter, prepare the artwork and format the book.


I literally couldn't have done it without your financial assistance.




Table of Contents


Introduction: The Jazz West Coast Style of Music by Steven A. Cerra, pp. 6-9

Prologue - West Coast Sounds by John Dutton, pp. 10-16

Chapter 1. Central Avenue Sounds by Bob Gordon, 17-32

Chapter 2. Shorty Rogers and His Giants - by Bob Gordon, 33-44

Chapter 3. Shorty Rogers and the Development of the West Coast Style of Jazz by John Graas, pp. 45-48

Chapter 4. Shorty Rogers - The Gentle Giant by Howard Lucraft, pp. 49-53

Chapter 5. Shorty Rogers The Steve Voce Interview, pp. 54-58

Chapter 6. Shelly Manne - The Lighthouse and Shorty Rogers - Steven A. Cerra, pp. 59-73 

Chapter 7. The Lighthouse Café as an Incubator for West Coast Jazz by Steven A. Cerra, pp. 74-77

Chapter 8. Jim Giuffre Musician by Nat Hentoff - Jim Giuffre Composer As Told to Downbeat [John Tynan], pp. 78-81

Chapter 9. The Passionate Conviction: An Interview with Jimmy Giuffre by Lorin Stephens, pp. 82-90. 

Chapter 10. Jimmy Giuffre in the Jazz Literature : Jordi Pujol, Will McFarland and Francis Davis, pp. 91-101

Chapter 11. Jimmy Giuffre - The Pastoral Man by Ed Michel, pp. 102-112

Chapter 12. Peter Welding - Booklet Notes to The Complete Pacific Jazz and Capitol Recordings of the Gerry Mulligan Quartet and Tentette with Chet Baker [Mosaic MR 5-102], pp. 113-118

Chapter 13. Gerry Mulligan: The Gordon Jack Interview, pp. 119-125

Chapter 14. The West Coast School Of White Musicians And Its Soloists - from "Modern Jazz" by Morgan and Horricks, pp. 126-134

Chapter 15. The Composers of the West Coast School  - from "Modern Jazz" by Morgan and Horricks, pp. 135-142

Chapter 16. Shelly Redux – More Thoughts From and About The Manne by Steven A. Cerra, pp. 143-153

Chapter 17. Shelly Manne & His Men at The Blackhawk: A Review of the Jazz Literature by Steven A. Cerra, pp. 154-169

Chapter 18. Shelly Manne and His Men Play Peter Gunn by Lester Koenig, pp. 170-172

Chapter 19. Hank Mancini - Jazz Musician by Steven A. Cerra, pp. 173-175

Chapter 20. Stan Getz - East of the Sun: The West Coast Sessions - The Ted Gioia Notes, pp. 176-181

Chapter 21. STAN AND GERRY - Occasional Collaborators" by Gordon Jack, pp. 182-185

Chapter 22. Shelly Manne: “Portrait of a Jazz Success” by John Tynan, pp.186-193

Chapter 23. Art Pepper - "The Whiteness of the Wail" by Gary Giddins, pp. 194-197

Chapter 24. Art Pepper-Marty Paich Inc. by Alun Morgan, pp. 198-203

Chapter 25. Art Pepper Plus Eleven by Marty Paich, pp. 204-207

Chapter 26. "Straight Life - The Story of Art Pepper" by Gary Giddins, pp. 208-212

Chapter 27. Art Pepper by Larry Kart, pp. 213-217 

Chapter 28. Stan Levey -  The Alun Morgan Interview, pp.218-222

Chapter 29. Stan Levey: From Left to Right - The JazzProfiles Interview by Steven A. Cerra, pp. 223-231

Chapter 30. Stan Levey - The Gordon Jack Interview, pp. 232-236

Chapter 31. Mel Lewis in the Jazz Literature - Steven A. Cerra, Ed.. pp. 237-247

Chapter 32. Mel Lewis – Life in Los Angeles - Chris Smith, pp. 248-253

Chapter 33. Mel Lewis, Terry Gibbs and The Dream Band by Terry Gibbs and Chris Smith, pp. 254-258

Chapter 34. Larry Bunker - Portrait of a Jazz Drummer and Studio Musician - The Gordon Jack Interview, pp. 259-263

Chapter 35. Larry Bunker - Modern Drummer Interview with David Levine and the Steve Voce Obituary for the Independent, pp. 264-269

Chapter 36. Whatever Happened to Larry Bunker? by Mal Sands, pp. 270-277 

Chapter 37. JazzLife - Hollywood and Los Angeles by William Claxton, pp. 278-284

Chapter 38. Dave Pell by Gordon Jack, pp. 285-288    

Chapter 39. Dave Pell - The Complete Trend and Kapp Recordings 1953-1956 by Steven A. Cerra and Jordi Pujol, pp. 289-296

Chapter 40. The Case for Dave Pell - The Octets and Beyond by Steven A. Cerra, pp. 297-302

Chapter 41. Chico Hamilton Quintet - The Robert Gordon/Mosaic Records Notes, pp. 303-307

Chapter 42. The Chico Hamilton Quintet by Gordon Jack, pp. 308-312

Chapter 43. Terry Gibbs' Big Band - "Vamp 'Till Ready" by John Tynan, pp. 313-318

Chapter 44. Part 1 - The Terry Gibbs Dream Band from “Terry Gibbs Good Vibes - A Life in Jazz,” pp. 319-326

Chapter 45. Part 2 -The Terry Gibbs Dream Band from “Terry Gibbs Good Vibes - A Life in Jazz,” pp. 327-334

Chapter 46. Part 3 -The Terry Gibbs Dream Band from “Terry Gibbs Good Vibes - A Life in Jazz,” pp. 335-344

Epilogue: Jazz on the West Coast - “Preface” by Robert Gordon, pp. 345-347 


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